High Functioning Autism: Can the Verbal Behavior Approach Help?
A friend of mine, who is a teacher, recently asked me, “would a kindergarten student who is on the autism spectrum with severe tantrum behaviors, but has strong academic skills, be a good candidate for verbal behavior? We have a child in our building and I’m stumped as to how to help him.” So today […]
Grandparenting a Child With Autism: 10 Ways to Help
Grandparenting a Child With Autism: How to Support Progress Grandparents can be an important part of a child’s support team. You do not need to become your grandchild’s therapist or have every answer. But when you understand what the child is working on and use the same simple strategies during meals, play, visits, and everyday […]
Potty Training Not Working for a Child with Autism? Here’s What You Can Do
Is potty training not working for your child or client with autism? It can be a huge challenge for children with autism. Even if a child can do all the prerequisites for potty training, he or she may still not make the connection as to how to use the potty. Today I’m answering two questions […]
Receptive Identification & Receptive Language Skills for Kids with Autism
A lot of children with autism or signs of autism get stuck when it comes to learning receptive language abilities, such as touching body parts or touching a banana out of several pictures. I got a lot of really great advice on receptive identification over the past two decades from Dr. Mark Sundberg. So today […]
Autism Video Modeling
Video modeling is a powerful, evidence-based tool that can help children learn to talk. I had a client who I’m going to talk to you about whose name is Kurt and he went from having 10 words in two hours to having a hundred words in two hours using this powerful tool: video modeling.https://youtu.be/I2POD4DSR8Q Using […]